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Thursday, November 29, 2007

Humphrey's Restaurant and Tavern is the St. Louis Place to Eat

Humphrey's Restaurant and Tavern
3700 Laclede Ave
St. Louis, MO 63108
Phone number: 314-535-0700

Humphrey's Restaurant and Tavern is a St. Louis University bar. It is close to the campus and frequently visited by St. Louis University students and other college students on weekends and big drinking nights. But, they also serve food. Humphrey's is a large place that is multileveled and has a nice feel to it. I wish the menu was a little bigger, but the food I had was good. The menu consisted of mostly appetizers, a few sandwiches and a few salads. The prices were just about where you would see other bar and grill prices.

I ordered the Philly sandwich. The menu stated that the Philly came with chips. I thought they would be the homemade style chips, but they were ruffles. Humphrey's should change their menu to say that the chips are not homemade, or they are ordinary potato chips. If I would have known they were ordinary potato chips, then I would have gotten fries. The Philly sandwich was good. The sandwich was covered in chese, but it was a little small. I left the place feeling a little hungry still. The sandwich is good, the chips were not, but I would eat there again.

Prices: About $6.50 for a Philly sandwich and chips

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Crazy Bowls and Wraps is the St. Louis Place to Eat

Crazy Bowls and Wraps - Find a Location

I went to the Crazy Bowls and Wraps on Lindell, close to the intersection of Vandeventer and Lindell. The location is very close to the St. Louis University campus. This was not a big place, so it is a good thing we got there around 11:30. This place was packed and there were not alot of tables. The service at this Crazy Bowls and Wraps was very fast, considering the amount of people that were in the place. One reason that I love Crazy Bowls and Wraps is due to the fact that they offer a salsa bar. You cannot beat a place that lets you pick your own salsa or sauces.

I ordered the teriyaki chicken bowl with steamed vegetables, and an order of chips. You have to get the chips for the salsa bar that is offered. The chicken bowl is very good, it fills you up and leaves you feeling healthy. One reason I like Crazy Bowls and Wraps is that when you leave the place you don't feel let down like you do at a lot of other fast food restaurants. You will leave Crazy Bowls and Wraps with a good feel and you will feel full at the same time. It is delicious.

Prices: Teriyaki chicken bowl, chips, and a drink cost around $7.50

Laclede Street Bar and Grill is the St. Louis Place to Eat

Laclede Street Bar and Grill
3818 Laclede Ave
St. Louis, MO 63108
Phone Number: 314-531-1600

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Laclede Street Bar and Grill is known to pack that place with St. Louis University college kids at night, but it is also a good place to grab lunch. Laclede Street is a typical Bar and Grill, that turns into a dance club at night, or at least it did when I was in college. We went there for lunch and the place was empty. There might have been four other people in the place the whole time. Laclede Street has a typical bar menu, but I really didn't look at it because they had a 10-inch pizza and salad special for $7.99.

I ordered the 10-inch pizza and salad. The salad was good, because of the dressing. The ranch dressing was peppery and very good. The pizza was a thin crust, St. Louis style, and that was good as well. It was filled with cheese and a topping, I picked bacon. This was a very good deal for $7.99. It looks like they have about four daily specials. All of them were reasonably priced.

Prices: $7.99 for a 10-inch pizza and a salad

Sunday, November 25, 2007

The City Diner is the St. Louis Place to Eat

City Diner
3139 South Grand
St. Louis, MO 63118
Phone Number: 314-772-6100

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The City Diner is a contemporary diner in the Tower Grove Park area in St. Louis. The City Diner is a big place that has a huge menu. The menu consists of the usual diner food, the breakfast all day long, burgers, fries, but they also have a good vegetarian menu. One thing that is disappointing is that the whole place is not smoking. I am not a smoker, but I expect diners to be smoking, it just adds to the atmosphere.

I ordered the Southsider, and this consist of 2 eggs, hash browns, and a biscuit and gravy. I also ordered a cup of chili. The cup of chili was sweet tasting and not very warm. The Southsider was very good and the biscuits were some of the best that I have ever had. The prices were pretty high for a diner. They were not what I expected them to be. To sum it up, the food was good, the prices were high and the service was slow.

Prices: About $12 for a cup of chili, and the Southsider.

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Vito's Pizzeria is the St. Louis Reastuarant of the Day

3515 Lindell Blvd
St. Louis, MO 63103
Phone Number: 314-534-8486

Vito's is a Pizzeria bar located just off St. Louis University's campus. Vito's looks fancy and a very nice place, but it was a spot that a lot of business people and students ate at. We arrived at about 11:40 am and we were able to find a seat, but by the time we left, there wasn't a table available. Vito's is located on Lindell close to the soccer fields at SLU. There is a pizza buffet for lunch Monday-Friday.

The pizza buffet was better than any CiCi's or Pizza Hut buffet that I have ever been to. But, it was also more expensive than those places. Vito's will run you about $9. The buffet is stacked with pizza, like pepperoni, sausage, cheese, vegetable, etc. And the salad bar is also a decent sized salad bar with a variety of different toppings. Baked mostcaccoli, and soup is also available and included in the buffet. All of the food on the buffet is very good and I would eat it again. Vito's is a very good pizza buffet located by St. Louis University.

Monday, November 19, 2007

Frailey's Southtown Grill is the St. Louis Place to Drink

Frailey's Southtown Grill
4329 Butler Hill Rd
St. Louis, MO 63128
Phone Number: 314-892-1866

Frailey's Southtown Grill is located at Highway 55 and Butler Hill Road in South County, St. Louis. The inside is a typical bar and grill type atmosphere with a bar area and a separate dining area. There are a few video games to entertain the kids or adults. There was plenty of seating when we arrived at about 9:30 p.m. on a Friday night.

I went to Frailey's to meet some friends on Friday night and to watch the St. Louis Blues hockey game. To my surprise, Frailey's has $1.50 beer of the day specials. On Friday the beer of the day was Budweiser. It was delicious. I don't know if the beer of the day special is just on weekdays or if it is on weekends also. This is a great deal. Some of the cheapest drinks in St. Louis. I also know that Frailey's serves good food as well. I didn't eat any on Friday night, but I am sure I will be back to eat and take advantage of the $1.50 beer of the day special.

Prices: $1.50 for the beer of the day

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Blues City Deli is the St. Louis Place to Eat

Blues City Deli
2438 McNair
St. Louis, MO 63104
Phone Number: 314-773-8225
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Blues City Deli is a great little deli that is close to Gravois and Highway 55. From the minute I walked into this place I knew this was a good deli. The feel of Blues City Deli encompasses what a deli should be. A deli should be simple. And this place is simple. There is a counter to order sandwiches and about 10 tables for customers to sit.

I arrived at about 11:30 and there was not a line and about 2 tables that were open. I walked right up to the counter and ordered my sandwich. But, by the time I left the place was packed and there were no seats available at all. The staff was friendly and brought my sandwich to me when it was ready. Blues City Deli has all of the sandwiches that you would expect from a deli. They have roast beef, turkey, salami, ham, meatball, and they have some original sandwiches like pulled pork.

I ordered the Italian beef and a salad with the house dressing. The salad was good. It was a bed of lettuce, provelone cheese, and tomatoes. The house dressing was an Italian dressing that was pretty good. The Italian beef was very good. The roast beef was very tender and the peppers were spicy. Blues City Deli is a great place to eat lunch in St. Louis. I can't wait to go back.

Prices: $4.95 for an Italian beef and $2.95 for a house salad.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Norton's Cafe is the St. Louis Place to Eat

Norton's Cafe
808 Geyer
St. Louis, MO 63104

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Norton's Cafe is a restaurant in Soulard that serves Louisiana, and Cajun types of dishes. The following is a description of Norton's from their website:
Norton’s Café, located in Historic Soulard, provides a warm and cozy dinning atmosphere. The Café is known for award-winning American, Creole, and Cajun cuisine.

The restaurant features cozy fireside dining throughout, guaranteeing an enjoyable experience. During the summer months, Norton’s Café boasts a large New Orleans style courtyard that seats 200 guests.

Inside of Norton's there are plenty of places to sit. We went for lunch and the place was not even close to full for the whole time we were there.

For lunch I ordered the Cajun Combo. This was a dish with chicken, sausage, a crab cake and jumbalaya. It was very good, although a little pricy for a lunch dish. The chicken had some great spices on it. The sausage was spicy. The crab cake was fried and topped with some sort of lemon sauce, and the jumbalaya was very good. The menu is posted on the walls, so there are no actual paper menus. Overall the place was good, but the price was a little too high for lunch.

Prices: About $11 for the Cajun Combo.

Monday, November 12, 2007

Broadway Oyster Bar is the St. Louis Place to Eat

Broadway Oyser Bar
736 S Broadway
St. Louis, MO 63102

The Broadway Oyster Bar is a small little place with a nice patio on Broadway close to Busch Stadium. The Broadway Oyster Bar's menu is loaded with southern Louisiana cajun style favorites. The menu is filled with Jambalaya, and southern favorites. The inside of the Broadway Oyster Bar is a small place with a bar. The outside patio is covered and enclosed in the winter. This looks like a nice place to hang out on a chilly fall evening.

I ate at the Broadway Oyster Bar for lunch. We arrived there at about 11:45 a.m. and we the only ones in there for the whole time we were eating. But, the food here was great. I ordered the shrimp grinder. This was a loaf of soft french bread filled with cajun style shrimp. This was a very good sandwich and came with fries. I wanted to try the Jambalaya and I will the next time I eat there. I would definitely go back to the Broadway Oyster Bar.

Prices: About $8.50 for a Shrimp grinder and fries.

The Bean House is the St. Louis Place to Eat and Drink

The Bean House, La Casa Frijole
1100 Lemay Ferry Rd
St. Louis, MO 63125

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The Bean House is a Mexican Restaurant at the intersection of Lemay Ferry and Telegraph. From the outside of the building the place looked like it had a nice patio, but it was too cold to sit outside. The inside of The Bean House was not decked out, and didn't look like every other mexican restaurant that feels the need to put up that ugly fake Mexican decoration. This was a very straight forward place. The menu did not have the 50 combination dinners that other places have. It was very simple and the prices were very cheap.

I ordered the chicken chimichanga and two tacos. The chicken inside the chimichanga was outstanding. It was not covered in spices like other mexican restaurants, but it was shredded and very moist. The tacos were not anything special, but they were still good. If you go to this place order something with the shredded chicken. It is very good.

Downstairs in The Bean House, there is a little sports bar area. This is a cool little space with a bar, a few T.V.s and darts. We had a few beers down in the basement after dinner and it was a good time. The place was not that crowded and there were definitely places to sit, which is always nice.

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Pizza Hut Buffet is the Place to Eat in St. Louis

Pizza Hut - Multiple Locations

I was working in DeSoto yesterday so we went to the Pizza Hut, because we wanted to eat the buffet. It is hard to find a quality buffet, but when I do it is magical. I did not expect much from a pizza hut buffet, but I expected a little more than this one had to offer. Pizza Hut was not busy at all.

The buffet offered a salad bar, various pizzas and a few desert items. The salad bar was usual, it was lettuce, a few toppings and about 5 different dressings. The pizzas that were offered were a little disappointing. There were usually about two different pizzas to chose from. Not much of a variety. The pizza buffet at CiCi's is much better. I would probably want to eat somewhere else before I ate there again, but the place was OK.

Price: $5.95 for the pizza buffet

Red Burrito is the Place to Eat in St. Louis

Red Burrito

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I have seen the Red Burrito's being put into the Hardee's locations over the past few years. I guess Hardee's can't live on their burgers alone. Didn't Hardee's try to differentiate themselves from all of the other fast food restaurants by just offering burgers and nothing else? Well I guess they are not concentrating on their burgers, because those are not even that good anymore. But, to put in a Red Burrito? That just goes against their whole plan.

Anyway, I went into Hardee's on Lemay Ferry, in the Deirberg's Plaza to get breakfast one day and I saw that they have a salsa bar for the Red Burrito part of the place. Any place that has a salsa bar, or sauce bar of any kind is one step ahead of the other restaurants. I like to get as much of something or as little of something as I would like.

Red Burrito is just like Taco Bell. I was really hoping that Red Burrito would have a fish taco, but to my disappointment they didn't. I ordered a soft taco, and a chicken quesadilla. They tasted just like Taco Bell. But, if I had a choice of going to Taco Bell and Red Burrito, I would choose Red Burrito. This is solely based on the fact that Red Burrito has a salsa bar. Taco Bell should really look into getting one of those. I bet they will do much better business.

Prices: One soft taco and a chicken quesadilla - $5.71

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Hardee's is the Place to Eat Breakfast in St. Louis

Hardee's - Multiple Locations

I went to Hardee's for breakfast the other day and it was delicious. Hardee's should just stick to breakfast, because their burgers are worthless. Breakfast is what they have going for them. I went to the South County location, and it is located on Lemay Ferry in the Deirbergs Plaza. I went on a Sunday morning around 10 a.m. and the place was packed. It was mainly old people. When I walked in the line was about four people deep. It took forever for me to get to the front. After I ordered it took forever for me to get my food. But the wait is well worth it. As I mentioned the place was packed with old people, so they were doing what old people do best, they were complaining like crazy about how long it took to get the food. It was kind of funny actually, because they all crowded together and would complain to one another. It was like a bunch of little girls starting gossip in a middle school. They were trying to be quiet, as to not let the workers hear.

Anyway, after the long wait and listening to old people complain I finally received my food. It was a bacon egg and cheese biscuit, an order of biscuits and gravy and a hash brown. The bacon egg and cheese biscuit was good. Much better than McDonald's, but the biscuit and gravy was not as good as McDonald's. I think McDonald's has some of the best biscuits and gravy around, they are very underrated. That is a different story. The Hardee's breakfast was good. The long wait sucked and so did the old people complaining, but the food was good.

Prices: About $5.50 for a bacon egg and cheese biscuit, biscut and gravy, hashbrown and an orange juice.

Monday, November 5, 2007

Seamus McDaniel's is the St. Louis Place to Eat

Seamus McDaniel's
1208 Tamm Ave
St. Louis, MO 63139

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Seamus McDaniel's is a bar and grill located in the heart of Dogtown. Seamus McDaniel's is a pretty big place with three different rooms and an outside patio. We went for lunch around 11:45 and we were able to get a table, but by the time noon rolled around the place was packed. Seamus McDaniel's has all of the bar food favorites like the potato skins, nachos, burgers, sandwiches and plenty of other great food. Seamus McDaniel's is also a great place to hang out and drink some beer.

I ordered the philly sandwich. The philly sandwich was piled high with roast beef, peppers, onions, and cream cheese. The cream cheese makes the sandwich. I wish more places would put cream cheese on their philly. The sandwich was huge and it was on of the better philly sandwiches that I have had in a while. This thing was good. The sandwich came with a side of fries. All of the sandwiches at Seamus McDaniel's are huge. I definitly got my monies worth at Seamus McDaniel's. I would go back and order the same thing again. The sandwich was great.

Prices: $7.50 for a huge philly sandwich and fries.

Friday, November 2, 2007

Show-Me's is the St. Louis Place to Eat

Show-Me's - Multiple Locations

We went to the Show-Me's on the famous St. Louis Landing, because we were working at a place on Washington Ave. It was weird going to the landing, because I have not been there since my days of being under 21 and being 21, and I have not been there in a few years, except to on drunken nights when some one gets a bright idea to take a cab to the President Casino. But, in that case we go to the President, try not to get kicked out and then go back to my friends resting place in Soulard.

Back to Show-Me's. The inside looked like a bar I would like to be in. It was smoky and looked like a bar. They had a row of tables and a row of booths for seating, and all of the tables were filled around noon. It was a kind of place that I would like to go with the wife, or friends and have a few drinks. But, the food was unexpectedly good, and cheap. Show-Me's has a lunch menu, and all of the sandwiches on there are under $6. They even come with fries or a salad. Show-Me's tries to copy off of the Hooter's outfits. But, the talent in Show-Me's is not as good as the talent in Hooter's. But, who cares, the food is much better, and much cheaper at Show-Me's

The food was good. I ordered the club sandwich. It was a roast beef, ham, and bacon sandwich, and it was a hot sandwich. It was very good and cheesy. I was feeling healthy so I ordered the salad as well. The salad was nothing special. It was just lettuce, and cheese. The dressing that comes with the salad is a pre-packaged ranch. But, the club was very good and I suggest checking out Show-Me's for lunch.

Prices: About $6 for a sandwich and fries or a salad